Improved soda-water apparatus



J. MATTHEWS, Jr. SODA WATER AND SYRUP COOLING AND DRAFT APPARATUS.

Patented Oct. 3", 1865,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC JOHN MATTHEWS, JR., OF NEW vonx, n. y.

[M PROVED SODA-WATER APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 60,255, dated October 3, 1865.

To all whom it may concern: v

.Be it known that 1, JOHN MATTHEWS, Jr., of the city, county, and State of New York,

have invented a new and Improved Soda-Water and Sirnp Cooling and Draft Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a back view of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same from back to front. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same parallel with the back and front, in the plane indicated by the line a; w in Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This inventionconsists in a novel construction of the soda-water cooler and anovel arrangement of the said cooler, the ice-chamber, the sirnp-vessels, and a chamber for'the tum blers within the box or casing of the apparatus, whereby the cooling of thesoda-water, sirups, and tumblers is performed by a small quantity of ice, facility is afforded for cleaning the sirup-vessels, and the draft-outlets of the said vessels are protected from flies,

A is a box of wood or other material, of suitable form and sizeto stand upon a counter or table, having a vertical. partition, (1, extending from top to' bottom at a suitable distance from the back or draft side, I), a horizontal partition, 0, extending from the partition 0. to the back b, and an inclined partition, d, extending from the lower part of the partition a to the top. These partitions divide the box, as shown in Fig. 2, into four compartments, 6, f, g, and h. The front chamber, 0, contains the soda-water cooler surrounded with ice. The middlechamber, f, also contains ice. The upper back chamber, g, contains the sirup-vessols, and the lower back chamber, It, contains the tumblers. The top of the box is composedof or provided with one or more hinged or otherwise movable lids, which are opened for the introduction of ice, the removal of the cooler, and the removal or filling of the sirupvessels.

The tumbler-chamber h is made with a door or movable shutter, 43, which is opened for drawing the sirup, but closed to shut up the tumsuccession.

blers and the draft-outlets of the sirnp-vessels whenever any considerable time elapses between the drawings of sirup.

The cooler consists of any suitable number of long, narrow, upright, open-bottomed, and

close-toppedvessels, B B, and pipes j j and Isle. The said vessels are arranged in a suitable frame, 0 D E, on the bottom piece, 0, of which the said vessels are firmly held by means of setscrews l'l, screwing through the top piece, D, and pressing upon caps. m m, applied on the tops of the vessels, the said screws pressing down the edges of the openbottoms of the vessels upon indie-rubber or other soft packvessel, which is completely immersed in ice or 7 water, and gas is prevented from accumulating and remaining in any considerable quan' tity in the upper part of the vessel. The pipe from the fountain is connected at q with the inlet-pipe of the first vessel of the train and the outlet-pipe of that vessel connected with the inlet-pipe of the next one, and the outlet-pipe of the latter with theinlet-pipe of thenext one, and so on through the whole train, as may be seen by tracing the connections from the left toward the right of Fig. 3, so that the sodawater may pass through the several vesselsin The outlet-pipe k of the last vessel is connected with the draft-pipe a, which passes through the ice-chamber f and sirupcooling chamber 9 to the draft-cock s at the back of the box or case.

The sirup-vessels F, Fig. 2, stand upon the horizontal partition 0, which forms the bottom of their cooling-chamber g, and their draftputlets t*, which consist of short tubes projecting from their bottoms, pass through water-tight packing in or around holes in the said partition to enable the sirups to be drawn into tuniblers G placed in thechamber 7b.. The sirups are drawn ofi' by opening valves t t in the bottoms of the vessels, the stems of the said valves being extended upward through the top of the stand, where they are furnished with handles t t; The sirup-vessels which I propose generally to employ in this stand, and which are represented in the drawings, are of peculiar construction for measuring the sirups; but as this feature constitutes a separate invention, no further description of it is here necessary.

The opening provided in the partition (I. for the passage of the draft-pipe has the said pipe fitted snugly intoit, but the opening a, Fig. 2, provided in the partition 01 for the said pipe is larger than the exterior of the pipe, that theicewater may flow from the ice-chamber f into the cooling-chamber c and fill the said chamber to the level of the tops of the vessels B B. There is also an opening, y, Fig. 2, of larger area than a, from the lowerpart of the ice-chamber to the sirnp-cooling chamber g, for the flow of ice-water to the latter chamber. One or more pipes, 22, Fig. 1, form a communication between the upper parts of the chambers g and c, the said pipes passing through the ice-chamber f. The chamber e is also furnished with an overflow or waste pipe, 6.

The connection of the fountain being made at q, Fig. 3, and the chambers f and 0 being kept filled with ice, the operation is as follows: As the ice inthe chamber f melts its water runs" through the opening yinto the sirup-cooL in gchambers g and surrounds the sirup-vessels F, and, owing to the pipes 12 being kept cool by being covered with ice, there will be a constant upward circulation of warmer water from the lower part of the'vessel g, through the said pipes, into the chamber 0, from which it escapes by thewaste-pipe 0, along with the water resulting from theice melting in that chamber. The chamber it not only forms a conven ient place for keeping the tumblers in when not in use,but serves as acoolerfor them, and, when its door or shutter t'is closed, protects the outlets t of the sirup-vessels from flies.

\Vhen it is desired to remove the sirup-vessels for refilling or cleaning them, itis not necessary to make any disconnection of cocks or pipes, for when the lid which covers the top of the chamber 9 is opened or removed the said vessels can be lifted out of their places.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The soda-water cooler consisting of one or more open-bottomed and close-topped vessels, B B, fitted and secured in aframe, 0 D E, Within the coolingchamber, and having inlet and outlet pipes j it applied and arranged for the circulation of the soda-water through them, substantially as herein described.

2. The arrangement of the sirup cooling chamber 9, soda-water-cooling chamber 0, icecham her f, and communications 9 and 'v, within the case or box A of the draft apparatus, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

3. The tumbler-chamber h, arranged within the box or case A of the draft apparatus, below the cooling-chamber g, which contains the sirup-vessels, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

' 4. The sirnp-vessels F, having their outlets at the. bottom in communication with openings in the bottom of their containing-chamber, substantially as herein specified, whereby their removal is facilitated.

JOHN MATTHEWS, JR.

Witnesses: w

J. W. Goomns, G. W. REED. 

